Sears Point starting grid

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1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Official Starting Grid Save Mart Supermarkets 300Sears Point Raceway Starting Grid/May 3

Ps Car Driver           Sponsor                 Make  Time       Speed
 1  6  Mark Martin      Valvoline                Frd  97.751     92.807
 2  2  Rusty Wallace    Miller Lite              Frd  98.041     92.533
 3 24  Jeff Gordon      DuPont Refinishes        Chv  98.106     92.471
 4  5  Terry Labonte    Kellogg's Corn Flakes    Chv  98.147     92.533
 5 11  Brett Bodine     Close Call Calling Card  Frd  98.363     92.230
 6 21  Michael Waltrip  Citgo                    Frd  98.545     92.059
 7  7  Geoff Bodine     QVC                      Frd  98.597     92.011
 8 88  Dale Jarrett     Quality Care/ Frd Credit Frd  98.631     91.979
 9 46  Wally Dallenbach First Union              Chv  98.670     91.943
10 10  Ricky Rudd       Tide                     Frd  98.735     91.882
11 44  Kyle Petty       Hot Wheels               Pon  98.785     91.836
12 16  Ted Musgrave     PRIMESTAR/Fam. Chan      Frd  98.849     91.776
13 94  Bill Elliott     McDonald's               Frd  98.955     91.678
14 22  Ward Burton      MBNA America             Pon  98.956     91.677
15 33  Ken Schrader     Skoal Bandit             Chv  99.058     91.583
16  4  Sterling Marlin  Kodak Film               Chv  99.092     91.551
17 98  John Andretti    RCA                      Frd  99.115     91.530
18 40  Robby Gordon     Coors Light              Chv  99.312     91.348
19 31  Mike Skinner     Lowe's Home Improvement  Chv  99.389     91.278
20 99  Jeff Burton      Exide Batteries          Frd  99.390     91.277
21 36  Derrike Cope     Skittles                 Pon  99.499     91.177
22  8  Hut Stricklin    Circuit City             Frd  99.552     91.128
23 43  Bobby Hamilton   STP                      Pon  99.589     91.094
24 28  Ernie Irvan      Texaco/Havoline          Frd  99.594     91.090
25 23  Jimmy Spencer    Smokin' Joe's            Frd  99.636     91.051
26 17  Darrell Waltrip  Parts America            Chv  98.446     92.152
27 78  Tom Hubert       Diamond Rio              Frd  98.763     91.856
28 38w Butch Gilliland  Genuine Gear/
                               Pro Insulation    Frd  98.898     91.731
29 18  Bobby Labonte    Interstate Batteries     Pon  98.984     91.651
30 71  Dave Marcis      RealTree Camouflage      Chv  99.234     91.420
31 77  Bobby Hillin Jr  Jasper Engines/
                                 Federal Mogul   Frd  99.247     91.408
32  3  Dale Earnhardt   GM Goodwrench            Chv  99.317     91.344
33 41  Steve Grissom    Kodiak                   Chv  99.335     91.327
34 91  Mike Wallace     Spam                     Frd  99.577     91.105
35 30  Johnny Benson    Pennzoil                 Pon  99.610     91.075
36 81  Kenny Wallace    Square D                 Frd  99.696     90.997
37 20  Lance Hooper     Hardees                  Frd  99.882     90.827
38 19  Ken Pederson     Child Support Recovery   Frd  99.887     90.823
39 37  Jeremy Mayfield  Kmart/RC Cola            Frd  Provisional     
40 25  Ricky Craven     Budweiser                Chv  Provisional     
41  1  Morgan Shepherd  Cruisin' America
                                   Phone Card    Pon  Provisional     
42  9  Jeff Davis       Melling Engine Parts     Frd  Provisional     
43 07w Sean Woodside    Raymond Claridge Racing  Pon  Provisional Win West
44 35w Larry Gunselman  Olson Technology/
                                   Race Stuff    Frd  Provisional Win West

Failed to qualify Car Driver Sponsor Make 75 Rick Mast Remington Arms Frd 42 Joe Nemechek BellSouth Chv 09w R.K. Smith Smith Racing Pon 29 Robert Pressley Cartoon Network Chv 97 Chad Little John Deere Pon 45w Gary Smith Tootsie Toy Chv 96 David Green Caterpillar Chv 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers Frd w = NASCAR Winston West Series driver

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